[verb]The ice on the river is thick enough to skate (= move on skates) on/across/over. [I]Shall we go skating tomorrow? [I]Everyone cheered as she skated a perfect figure of eight. [T](figurative) Hurrying to catch the bus, she skated (= ran quickly) down the road. [I]He's skating on thin ice (= doing something risky or dangerous) by lying to the police.
SKATE
Meaning of SKATE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012